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hyungshi [2016-06-20 22:51:00 +0000 UTC]

I really really like this,it'd make a great poster

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AstralShard [2016-05-14 07:37:05 +0000 UTC]

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Cerecin [2016-05-10 18:28:47 +0000 UTC]

"The way you make me feel... I've been dead for a long time. You make me feel alive again." An admission of affection.

I like it. Even if you stopped before you wanted to, it's very charming.

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shimriya [2016-05-08 19:47:39 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I feel like that sometimes.  Totally love this one.
If nothing painful happens, there is also no growth.

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PaeinsPanorama [2016-05-02 13:13:43 +0000 UTC]

Rasen wird drüber wachsen.
 Ist etwas, das ich mich frage.

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Melancholita [2016-05-01 17:04:41 +0000 UTC]

Pure beauty, this one is certainly very unique and has a stunning emotional impact!

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fruitloopswag [2016-05-01 02:19:02 +0000 UTC]

when I saw this I was found speechless I love your work

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tnyadtorboopnmi [2016-04-30 16:47:13 +0000 UTC]

WOW Wow wow, I'm enthralled by the colours in this! The severed head and red streaks of spilled blood, and the new-growth tree and pure cotton-white flowers and blossoms paint a very strong contrast between life and death. And yet, at the same time, all those details bring these two extremes together like the ying and yang they always will be.

The glowiness of the plants and water compared with the blackness of night reminds me very strongly of the Pandoran forests at night in the Avatar movie, which is very interesting because the growth of the tree from this spent body makes me think of how the Na'vi laid their deceased to rest at the foot of the Tree of Souls so their souls would be transported to the afterlife to be one with Eywa. Interesting how one of the human characters to die here was called Grace. Are you sliding in some kind of cryptic reference...? XD

Anyway, back on planet Earth, this also makes me think of how salmon swim from the Pacific back up their rivers of birth to the source, to reproduce again. All through that momentus journey they completely exert themselves ultimately to their own oblivion, but it's so they can create new life out of their own demise. But even if those salmon don't make it to their final goal before they shuffle off their mortal coils, the decaying corpses of the dead leak still fresh and vital nutrients into the water, down the river, and seeping through the soil of the river beds to create those vast forests that throng these vital lifelines in a land which may as well be as sterile as a hospital. The trees, the bears, the birds, the foxes - they're all here thanks to the salmon's greatest sacrifice. They trade their own lives to give life to these lands.

Hence the severed head and spent look in her eyes; to me, at least, she looks satisfied - maybe even quietly elated - that all the trauma and hardships she has had to endure up until this violent final cataclysm, has met with the bittersweet ending that a new consciousness has arisen out of her ashes almost to pick up where she has left off... maybe absorbing all her thoughts, knowledge and wisdom to carry on the frightful but exhilirating path of discovery, both of this new self and of whatever terrifying, clawed and toothed creatures and objects lay out there in their own bedazzling splendor of mystery. A never-ending quest for nirvana in all this entity's infinite incarnations. Who knows just how vast the vault of wisdom would be if we could unlock this catacomb of preserved consciousness.

And so is it our duty, collectively as human beings, to absorb and remember the terrors of the past, to act out our lessons in the present so we can paint a future as rich as this. There may be death and darkness in this picture; but there is also the yearning seed of a new beginning and the glowing foundations of a brighter future.

This painting is complete. That's how I feel about it.

Sterling work, Miss Grace!

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aDapperGent [2016-04-28 17:14:39 +0000 UTC]

I said it before, and I have no problem saying it again. Your work is so great.

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InkPotion [2016-04-27 02:42:11 +0000 UTC]

So beautiful and calming, I really love this work ♥

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Baratus [2016-04-27 01:47:19 +0000 UTC]

Headlessness always viscerally disturbed me in a weird way. 
It never hurts, or makes me feel sick, but for some reason I end up with this oddly distant feeling, sorta like Im losing touch with my emotions, and for some reason end up imagining the same decapitation event happening to the people around me, and just feeling really empty. 

I guess for some reason, I just start wondering what I'd do if it randomly happened to people I knew. My imagination never seems to apply it to people I dislike, just the ones I'd actually feel hurt by, if they were to die, especially like that, in front of me.



On another note, Im reminded of another artist's work.. I cant recall where I saw it though.. I just remember I didnt like their art because of the tone they set.. 
I felt like they were advertising it was okay for the abuse in their pictures, and it made me feel inwardly hostile. The textures reminded me of how they draw, thats all, I dont mean anything bad by it.

Anyway back on topic..
I guess it sort of tugs at the feeling of helplessness I get, when I cant do anything for another person. Im not sure how that has anything to do with decapitation, or.. the look in the head's eyes, or anything. But some how it seems that my emotions and mind associate this with being powerless to aid some one else, watching them accrue either physical or emotional damage, and just.. realizing I cant do anything, for some reason or other.
Maybe its because you probably cant save the life of a person who has been decapitated. So it signals the same feeling as when something bad has already happened, you cant really make something un-happen, so to speak. It cant usually be undone. Thus the same sense of helplessness and powerlessness. I could no more save their life by putting their head back on, even if I figured out how to, than I can undo the emotional pain they felt.

So I guess in short, Im reminded Im not a miracle worker, just really good at not being harmed myself. But being unbreakable, doesnt exactly help some one else to not be broken, and so, my dilemma is that I can take punishment and be relatively unscathed, but I can, in no way, give that to some one else, and have to watch them pay, unable to do anything to help.
Ah sor-
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...I wrote lots of stuff.
...... and cant figure out how to finish what I was saying without apologizing.....

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ukindis [2016-04-26 10:58:33 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome.  I always thought it'd be cool to be a tree because I could just not do anything.  Just sit there and watch the world change around me.  Sounds chill to me.

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Bernkastela [2016-04-26 01:41:55 +0000 UTC]

This piece feels very soothing... Although, there is a slight edge to it, especially when for some reason from far away it looks like there are people in the forest and some of the plants sort of look like arms to me... But perhaps that's just me being paranoid. OTL Still a very lovely piece nonetheless! 

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Vladimir32 [2016-04-25 23:34:29 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely stunning and stirring work, as always! The juxtaposition of the serenity of the environment and the violence of what has taken place there is quite striking. However, I am intrigued at how the graphic nature of the scene is not without a certain graceful, beautiful quality. I also get quite a strong sense of loneliness from this piece.

In a more technical regard, the contrast of colours and your use of blues are both marvellous.

On a side note, this piece actually reminds me of a bit of local folklore from my home state. They say that after Roger Williams (our state founder) died and was buried, an apple tree took root in his grave and grew out of his chest while drawing nourishment from his body.

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Exekiella [2016-04-25 22:02:57 +0000 UTC]

I'd love my dead body to become a tree or a flower bush actually.

Or at least a food provider for them...

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